As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

Meditation is the road to happiness.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

The obstacle is the path.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.